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*Error* dbTransformPoint: Invalid point - nil

Reinice
Reinice over 13 years ago

Hi All,

I want to get the points of a terminal(a "polygon" object type) pins(e.g. PLUS-MINUS, E-B-C) from a schematic symbol

Here is my script:

foreach( cell ddGetObj("QCBGB7_09T")~>cells

cvId=dbOpenCellViewByType("QCBGB7_09T" cell~>name "schematic" "schematic" "a")

foreach(inst cvId~>instances

if(inst~>cellName=="ndio" then

when(inst~>purpose == "cell"

foreach(insTerm inst~>insTerms

insTermPntsO=car(insTerm~>terms~>pins~>fig~>points)

ll=nth(0 insTermPntsO)

ur=nth(2 insTermPntsO)

tform=inst~>transform

;;transform ll=lower right and ur=upper right points of a symbol

insTermPntLL=dbTransformPoint(ll tform)

insTermPntUR=dbTransformPoint(ur tform)

);end of foreach

);end of when

);end of if

);end of foreach

);end of foreach

I' am having this error everytime I run this script for the "ndio" schematic symbol. By the way "ndio" is a symbol_xform(symbol pcell)

*Error* dbTransformPoint: Invalid point - nil

But if I use the script first time for other symbol such as pnp, for once I 'am not encountering this error. By the way "pnp" is also a symbol_xform(symbol pcell)

After I run the script again for pnp I' am encountering the same error.

Please correct the wrong part of my script.

Can anyone help me. It will be highly appreciated if anyone can help.

Thank You Very Much in advance.

Thanks and Regards,

Reinice

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    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

    Derek,

    Good point - in the strange formatting in the original post, I didn't notice the ~>points . Maybe one of the devices has a polygon pin (might even be rectangular in shape) whereas the other one has rectangular pins. Doesn't really explain why it would work once and then not the next time though... seems a bit strange.

    I think my dbOpenHier() suggestion is probably a red herring - not something that I would normally expect to have to do.

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

    Derek,

    Good point - in the strange formatting in the original post, I didn't notice the ~>points . Maybe one of the devices has a polygon pin (might even be rectangular in shape) whereas the other one has rectangular pins. Doesn't really explain why it would work once and then not the next time though... seems a bit strange.

    I think my dbOpenHier() suggestion is probably a red herring - not something that I would normally expect to have to do.

    Andrew.

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